Airline Choice Software Suites offer the right choice for scheduled airlines, low cost carriers, private charters and airport ground handlers to smoothly and accurately handle their passenger check-in process. Basic, Standard and Professional Suites are available depending on your carrier’s needs, which may include the following:
- Importing from reservation systems and tour operator manifests
- Scanning travel documents
- Vetting passengers against APIS (Advance Passenger Information System) AQQ (APIS Quick Query)
- Making seating assignments
- Printing boarding passes and bag tags
- Managing Weight and Balance Reporting
Airline Choice can also collect and report APIS data for return flights and supports passenger check-ins for multiple flights and even multiple carriers simultaneously.
The system consists of a powerful application core and a simple intuitive interface. A number of add-on modules make a solution that fits your needs and budget.
Airline Choice is also available as a portable solution complete with a hard case, laptop with pre-installed software, travel document OCR reader and optional ATB (Automated Ticket Barrier) boarding pass and bag tag printers.
Choose the right Airline Choice Suite for your needs:
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Basic AC-Watchlist Screening |
Standard AC-APIS Secure Flight |
Professional AC plus L-DCS (Local DCS) |
Watchlists Update* Support for automatic watchlist database updates from a secure FTP site. Ability to manually import TSA/SPL watchlists. |
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Employee/Ad-hoc Manifest Vetting Manual or unattended employee and ad-hoc passenger manifest vetting with statistical e-mail reporting. |
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Flight Management Flight workflow functionality for scheduling, check-in processing, close-out, and archiving. Complete flight schedule import. |
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MCL Maintenance Ability to build new or import existing Master Crew List with automatic synchronization with TSA. |
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Passenger Manifest Import Supports Airline Choiceand a of tour operator formats. Additional manifest formats can be implemented upon request. |
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Passenger Check-In Processing Ability to handle simultaneous flight check-in for any number of carriers. Process passenger check-in against pre-imported manifest and/or as individual Go-Show records. Automatic watchlist passenger vetting after a change is made to passenger details. |
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Travel Document Scanners Integration Real-time passenger check-in processing using passport and driver's license scanners with automatic name matching against pre-imported manifests. |
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Flight Crew Manifest (FCM) Reporting Submission of Flight Crew Manifest to DHS. |
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APIS Quick Query (AQQ) / ESTA Processing* CBP certified interface with seamless integration for processing APIS data using the batch interactive and APIS Quick Query functions. Fully compliant to handle Travel Authorization (ESTA) response. Dynamic rules for validating mandatory and optional data elements. |
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TSA Secure Flight Passenger Processing* Secure Flight compliancy for both US domestic and international flight segments. Unified interface for handling Qualified Changes (passenger data) and Information Changes (flight itinerary). Gate Pass authorization request processing. Unsolicited Message notification and acknowledgement. Dynamic rules for validating mandatory and optional data elements. |
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APIS-30 Flight Passenger Manifest (FPM) Reporting Submission of passenger manifest for non-interactive APIS processing via e-mail or web service interface. Along with Watchlist Vetting functionality satisfies AQQ outage procedures. |
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Aircraft Seating Chart Multiple aircraft configuration layouts for interactive passenger seat assignments. Visual representation of occupied and available seats. Additional layouts can be implemented upon request. |
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Boarding Pass and Bag Tag Printing Boarding pass and bag tag printing integration with a number of Windows and PECTAB printers. Validation of passenger clearance status prior to boarding pass issuance. Customized boarding pass and bag tag layouts can be implemented upon request. |
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Gate Module Facility for indicating the passengers as ""on-board"" the aircraft. Gate scanner integration for fully automated process." |
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Licensing Options
For any of the Airline Choice Suites, choose the licensing option that fits your business needs:
- Stand alone - You purchase the license for a one-time fee. Support and software maintenance are billed annually.
- Software as Service (SaaS) – You pay a fee per concurrent user. Software updates and support is included in the monthly price.
Complete the form below to request more information or schedule a demo, or feel free to call us at 224-265-8020 for more information about Airline Choice Suites.

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